Monday sale to close last season waistline stock
A Monday event launches a counter closeout of waists carried over from last season. The sale aims to clear inventory with discounted pricing as stores reduce excess in preparation for new stock.
25 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1897
Page
1
A Monday event launches a counter closeout of waists carried over from last season. The sale aims to clear inventory with discounted pricing as stores reduce excess in preparation for new stock.
A seller offers remaining Trojans at half price with only a few dozen items left. They insist on closing the lot at a sacrifice to avoid old stock marring the display.
A local ad promotes the Bengal line of negligee shirts for men in sizes 14 to 18, urging shoppers to view in show windows or on shelves and visit promptly to secure the best selection.
Trade across lines shows a healthy rise with increased steel rail purchases and resumed metal work. Southern iron demand improves. Birmingham inquiries reach 50,000 tons of Alabama pig. Lumber and hardware markets strengthen as spring activity looms. new mills and plants announced in multiple states, including Alabama Georgia North Carolina Kentucky and Texas.
California citizens gathered at the Palace hotel in San Francisco to honor Joseph McKenna on his cabinet appointment. Judge McKenna said he will be a California man in the nation’s cabinet, while supporters praised his service and wished him a distinguished tenure.
A testimonial notes Salvation Oil as a superior liniment for rheumatism. Mr. W H Brown of Strighloger House Cleveland Ohio claims twelve years of rheumatism ended after using Salvation Oil. Claims of strong pain destroying properties and quick improvement follow.
In Washington on February 24 Senator Al Jen of Nebraska introduced a senate resolution urging protection of American citizens in Cuba and proposing sending United States battleships to Cuban waters. The measure did not advance, going over until Thursday. A Hill of New York resolution requested State Department correspondence on the issue. Meanwhile a House bill to amend postal laws to provide indemnity up to 10 for loan of registered mail was moved forward by Mr Vilas of Wisconsin.
Fire at Canea on Crete destroys the governor’s palace and archives, with fires breaking out in multiple town areas. Incendiaries suspected as Armenians Mussulmans and Arabs clash amid panic. A strong box containing 7,000 pounds falls from the ruins prompting Turkish soldiers and Mussulmans to rush the treasure while foreign marines issue blanks to restrain violence.
General James A Walker, former commander of the Confederate Stonewall brigade, speaks at a Michigan club banquet. He notes the Confederate cause’s success would have been evil, stressing shared love of right and justice among Virginians and the northwest. Separately in Atlanta, a restraining order blocks Treasurer Speer from handling loans for Garner’s Southern Manual Building and Loan association. A Confederate veteran injures his wife. Stephen Crane sails for Cuba with Hearst backing. Local tax bills and a woman’s death headline this issue.
Washington February 24 The annual report of Director Clinton Furbish shows progress in compiling the code of commercial nomenclature and a shift toward selling bureau publications. Receipts were 26 6 and expenditures 28 408. Mexico rejoined the union with hopes all republics join soon. Cantox Ohio February 24 President elect McKinley’s physician assents no visitors except household and invited guests as he remains weak, while doctors warn travel to Washington may strain him. aides say he intends to be ready for March 4 completion.
A German study on American railways, transmitted from Chemnitz, praises American systems for speed and comfort, noting New York to Chicago service as unmatched. The report also highlights lower prices and better schedules in the United States compared with Europe.
A fragmentary advertisement lists various canned goods with prices such as three pound cans at 60 cents and oysters and asparagus on offer. The messy text references Ansley and Charleston maneuvers, with daily arrivals of cans noted in a local market notice.
The clipped text mentions burglars getting in their work and a loss from theft. It notes a drowning at a river crossing near Marion and a man attempting to cross at Viko's ferry. Names such as E. D. Ansley and Lexow appear in fragmented form.
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